ClearStar,Inc. Director/PDMR Shareholding (1020B)

TIDMCLST TIDMCLSU

RNS Number : 1020B

ClearStar,Inc.

31 March 2017

31 March 2017

ClearStar, Inc.

("ClearStar" or the "Company")

Director/PDMR Shareholdings

ClearStar (AIM: CLSU and CLST), the technology and service provider to the background check industry, announces that on 30 March 2017, the following Directors & PDMR purchased ordinary shares of $0.0001 in the Company ("Ordinary Shares"):

 
                                                                         Average 
                                              Number         Number        price         Number     Percentage 
                                         of Ordinary    of Ordinary     at which    of Ordinary       of share 
                                              Shares         Shares     Ordinary         Shares        capital 
                                                held      purchased       Shares           held           held 
                                               prior         in the         were           post           post 
 Director          Position           to transaction    transaction    purchased    transaction    transaction 
 Barney            Non-Executive 
  Quinn             Chairman                 150,000         55,555          36p        205,555          0.57% 
                   Chief 
                    Financial 
 David Pattillo     Officer                1,228,900         75,000          35p      1,303,900          3.59% 
                   Managing 
                    Director, 
                    International 
                    & Strategic 
 Andy Hellman       Initiatives                    0         70,000       35.61p         70,000          0.19% 
 

Enquiries

 
 ClearStar, Inc. 
Robert J. Vale, Chief Executive 
 Officer 
 David Pattillo, Chief Financial 
 Officer                           [phone] 
 
finnCap Ltd. 
Jonny Franklin-Adams, Simon 
 Hicks - Corporate Finance 
 Christian Hobart, Abigail 
 Wayne - Corporate Broking         [phone] 
 
Luther Pendragon Ltd. 
Harry Chathli, Claire Norbury      [phone] 
 

About ClearStar

ClearStar, Inc. is a leading and trusted background check technology, strategic services, and decision-making information provider to employers and background screening companies.

A seven-time Inc. 5000 honouree and founding member of the National Association of Professional Background Screeners, ClearStar has provided innovative technology solutions to businesses in the human capital management industry from its corporate offices in Alpharetta, Georgia since 1995. For more information about ClearStar, please visit: www.clearstar.net.

The information communicated in this announcement contains inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014.

Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them

 
 1.   Details of the person discharging managerial 
       responsibilities / person closely associated 
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 a)   Name 
                                   *    Barney Quinn - Non-Executive Chairman 
 
 
                                   *    David Pattillo - Chief Financial Officer 
 
 
                                   *    Andy Hellman - Managing Director, International & 
                                        Strategic Initiatives 
---  -------------------------  --------------------------------------------------------- 
 2.   Reason for the Notification 
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 a)   Position/status            See 1(a) above for positions 
                                  - all classified as PDMRs 
                                  of the Company 
---  -------------------------  --------------------------------------------------------- 
 b)   Initial notification       Initial notification 
       /Amendment 
---  -------------------------  --------------------------------------------------------- 
 3.   Details of the issuer, emission allowance 
       market participant, auction platform, auctioneer 
       or auction monitor 
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 a)   Name                       ClearStar, Inc. 
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 b)   LEI                        n/a 
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 4.   Details of the transaction(s): section to 
       be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; 
       (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each 
       date; and (iv) each place where transactions 
       have been conducted 
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 a)   Description of             Ordinary shares of US$0.0001 
       the Financial              ("Ordinary Shares") 
       instrument, type 
       of instrument 
--- 
      Identification             KYG2294M1050 
       code 
---  -------------------------  --------------------------------------------------------- 
 b)   Nature of the 
       transaction                 *    Barney Quinn - purchase of Ordinary Shares 
 
 
                                   *    David Pattillo - purchase of Ordinary Shares 
 
 
                                   *    Andy Hellman - purchase of Ordinary Shares 
---  -------------------------  --------------------------------------------------------- 
 c)   Price(s) and               Barney Quinn: Price(s)    Volume(s) 
       volume(s)                  ----------  ---------- 
                                   36 pence    55,555 
                                  ----------  ---------- 
 
                                  David Pattillo: Price(s)     Volume(s) 
                                  -----------  ---------- 
                                   34 pence     50,000 
                                    37 pence     25,000 
                                  -----------  ---------- 
 
                                  Andy Hellman: Price(s)        Volume(s) 
                                  --------------  ---------- 
                                   35.875 pence    60,000 
                                    34 pence        10,000 
                                  --------------  ---------- 
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 d)   Aggregated information:    See above 
        *    Aggregated volume 
 
 
        *    Price 
---  -------------------------  --------------------------------------------------------- 
 e)   Date of the transaction    30 March 2017 
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 f)   Place of the               London Stock Exchange, AIM 
       transaction                Market (XLON) 
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